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George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, (born December 20, 1946) was the 81st Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican governor of Georgia since Benjamin F. Conley served during Reconstruction in the 1870s.
Early life
Sonny Perdue was born in Perry, Georgia. He currently lives in Bonaire, an unincorporated area between Perry and Warner Robins. His father was a farmer and his mother was a teacher. Perdue has been known as Sonny since childhood and prefers to be called by that name (he was sworn in and signs official documents as "Sonny Perdue"). Perdue played quarterback at Warner Robins High School and was a walk-on at the University of Georgia, where he was also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Perdue served ...

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments. Brief biographies are provided below: Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation Frances Rogers, 49, Atlanta − Rogers is the founder and president of Checks & Balances, Inc. and the president of WH Capital, LLC. She serves on the Waffle House, Inc. Stand-By Board of Directors, a trustee and officer of The Lovett School, and a member of the Georgia Tech Foundation Board of Trustees. Rogers earned a bachelor’s degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She ...

JEFFERSON — Gov. Sonny Perdue joined with Jackson County officials Monday to mark the opening of Systemax's new TigerDirect retail store, which is expected to create 400 jobs in the Jefferson area over the next five years.
Ginger Brown described the grand opening celebration as "a big day all around for me."
Brown is one of the first new hires for the company, which is a leading retailer of personal computers, laptops, computer-related accessories, TVs, phones and other technology supplies.
Systemax will have a distribution center and retail store on 40 acres just off ...

...on Conflict
Gov. Sonny Perdue and Houston County state legislators are warning Warner Robins city officials that their bickering may hurt the city's reputation and its future.
They're offering their help, and that of the state's Carl Vinson Institute, to smooth out conflict at city hall.
Perdue, state Sen. Cecil Staton, and state representatives Larry O'Neal, Willie Talton, and Tony Sellier signed the Sept. 8 letter.
They sent a copy of the letter to Mayor Chuck Shaheen and all six council members. 13WMAZ requested one of the copies through an open records request. Council ...

Bonds sold for Alliance AcademyThe Public Facilities Authority has completed its first project, which will fund construction for a new career-focused high school in Forsyth County. On Thursday, the authority vote 4-0, with member Richard Ward absent, to approve a supplemental bond resolution, which included the final terms of the bond, to fund construction of the Alliance Academy for Innovation of Cumming-Forsyth County, which is set to open in fall 2018.

Bonds sold for Alliance AcademyThe Public Facilities Authority has completed its first project, which will fund construction for a new career-focused high school in Forsyth County. On Thursday, the authority vote 4-0, with member Richard Ward absent, to approve a supplemental bond resolution, which included the final terms of the bond, to fund construction of the Alliance Academy for Innovation of Cumming-Forsyth County, which is set to open in fall 2018.

Other voicesThe media hype surrounding the political parties' national conventions spotlights the enormous discord created by personalities and politics as the presidential election approaches. Getting short shrift amid slogans and the scramble for dollars and votes are the policy proposals that will affect the lives of Americans - and Georgians - long after Nov. 8. Many citizens dismiss the states' impact on issues at the national level - federal taxes, immigration, the military and education policy, for example.